IT'S WEDDING TIME!...ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET, Or in this case, Roll out an ambulance. xD
This includes one of my favorite songs to sing at weddings. Also just wanted to say I'm going to try and wrap this story up as soon as possible so I have more free time for my other stories...But I'll leave you guys out with a big bang I promise you that
Have fun and happy readings :)
Juliet pov
I walked into the greenhouse a few minuets after Gnomeo, Jo and Stephanie left for the courthouse. If that little shrew thinks she can cheat me out of my man that easily she obviously doesn't know me, no one knew what I was truly capable of but Stephanie was about to witness the all powerful storm that was Juliet Isabella Redbrick.
"She might have walked into Gnomeo's life but for sure she's going to be walking out of it in pieces!"
I was getting myself ready for anything I might have to face when I got to the courthouse, Stephanie was capable of anything but I was capable of everything. I looked over in the mirror fixing my make up, when I walked into that wedding wanted the first thing Gnomeo to see was me and all my beauty, He had told me a thousand times I was naturally beautiful but a little more wouldn't kill to see him gawk over me.
I picked up a small photo from inside my secret drawer of memories I kept locked away, It was me and Gnomeo on our Honeymoon trip, so happy, so young, so in love with each other and the love continued on forever and ever and it won't stop for nothing. Gnomeo was not going out of my life like this and certainly not with an evil devil like Stephanie.
Joelle came into my room "Mum what are you going to do?!"
"Whatever it takes she is not taking your father away from me again!" My suspicions about Stephanie were right all this time, she was never my friend always my enemy and she made the biggest mistake of her life if she thought she could pull one over on me.
I didn't have much time left I grabbed my little green satchel and walked out into the alley, the wind blew and dirt blew by my face I didn't know what was going to happen when I got there but for sure it was going to be me and Stephanie and only one of us was walking out of there with Gnomeo in our arms and the other was either leaving heartbroken or in a body bag.
"Mum!" I stop to see Joelle running out towards me.
"Joelle get back inside, I'm going alone" I say sternly.
"No! Dad needs you, but he needs me too, you both need me"
"This doesn't involve you" I said walking away.
She catches up to me "Yes it does! I love Dad as much as you do mum, we're a family and we have to do this as a family" She states seriously. She was so much like me she didn't let anyone get in her way and she had her fathers determination, that was Redbrick/Bluebury blood running through her.
I smiled at her "Well...what are you waiting for?" I said as she gave me a hug and walked out the alley with me.
"Mum do you even know where dad is?" She asked
"I've been with your father long enough I'll find him, Love always find's its way" I sighed.
"Just in case I'm going to call Jo and see!" Joelle pulled out her phone and began dialing.
Gnomeo pov
We had just arrived at the courthouse early that morning, the courthouse itself was big and and well constructed with a giant golden church bell on the top that rang to every hour. We walked inside and it seemed as though there were a lot of couples getting married today and unfortunetly for me I was one of them.
"Well here we are!" Stephanie giggled.
"Yes this is it!" I said with fake delight.
We walked in with the crowd and right up to the front desk "Yes we have a wedding ceremony sheduled today" Stephanie said to the lady at the front desk.
"Yes go right in the preist is waiting for you" The lady said as the 3 of us walked into the first door.
"Oh my..." We all gasped when we walked in.
The altar where me and stephanie were to be wed was very floral and covered in pink and white lace everywhere, there was a large chandelier over our heads and a white and silver piano organ on the far corner.
"Oh isn't this beautiful gnomeo!" Stephanie said twirling around inside.
"Yeah wonderful" I sighed.
"It's so empty in here!" Jo said as it echoed a little.
"You can thank your dad for that he wanted a private wedding, didn't want anyone to try and steal me from him" She said flashing her eyes and touching me.
I smirked and moved away from her. "No I wanted to do this alone so everyone in the garden wouldn't hate me even more than they do now, esp. Juliet" I sighed thinking of my beloved love interest.
She rolled her eyes "Either way we're finally getting married!" Stephanie said and went back to twirling a bit.
We heard the door open behind us and looked to se ethe preist who was going to marry us step inside with his long black robe and bible in his hands "Ah here's the young couple" The preist said as he entered the room with us.
"Hello father!" We all said and bowed in his presents
He walked over to us. "My dear don't you look so beautiful" He said placing his hands on stephanie. "All the boys must want to be with you" He said I rolled my eyes
"Thank you father" Stephanie giggled. "And you're right, lots of boys do try to be with me but I've found my man, even though all other guys wish they could marry me" She went o bragging about herself, Jo rolled her eyes in disappointment I just looked mad. I wish this was some other guy marrying her and not me.
The preist then moved over to my daughters side now "And who's this little flower?" He said tickling Jo under her chin.
"This is our daughter Joelle" Stephanie introduced Jo.
"My dear your as gougeous as your mother" He said hugging Jo.
"Thank you father preist sir" Jo said with a bow.
Then he walked over to me "And this must be the man of the hour" He nudged to me.
"Hello sir" I smiled.
"You are one lucky man" He said giving me a man hug and walking off.
"Lucky isn't the word I'd use to describe me right now" I uttered under my breath.
"Well shall we get this marriage started?" He asked us all.
"Yes!" Stephanie cheered, she grabbed mine and Jo's arms and rushed us to the front of the altar and stood there with me tied in her hands jumping with excitment.
"A little anxious Isn't she?" The preist said walking past me to the podium.
"You have no clue" I said with despair.
"Now before we begin do any of you have anything more to say"
"Don't bother father there's nothing to say, right you 2?" Stepanie said looking, or should I say, glaring to Jo.
"N-No mum of course not!" Jo said rapildy, she looked very uneasy around stephanie.
"Jo are you feeling alright!" I asked concerned.
"Oh she's fine Gnomeo, aren't you?" Stephanie said glaring to Jo again.
Jo took one look at her and backed closer to me. "Yes dad I'm fine, I really am. I-I'm just so happy I'm trembling with Joy hehe" She smiled nervously still moving away from stephanie.
"Gnomeo do you have anything to say?" Stephanie said to me.
This was my chance to call this whole thing off and end this terrrible nightmare, I was just about to say something but then I remembered I would have nothing back home to look forward too, nothing at all, everyone hated me so what ws the point. At least if I married stepahnie I could start over again I mean I had a wife and a daughter before and I'd have it again after this, and It's not I really had any other options left, unless you count suicide but was that really worth not doing all this?
Stephanie tapped my shoulder and brought me back "Well gnomeo? Do you?" she asked again.
I took in a deep breath "I guess Not!" I said looking down to the floor.
Stephanie smirked and then took my hand "Okay father you can begin whenever your ready" Stephanie said holding her bouquet in one hand and me in the other.
The preist started the cermon and the whole time I just looked at the floor. This was so not happening to me right now, it just wsn't happening. But no matter how many times I said that it was all too real. If this really was happening to me I wished it could have been to juliet now that's a day I wouldn't mine reliving over and over again.
I looked to Jo and sighed. She placed an arm to my shoulder "Dad are you sure this is what you really want?" She said to me. I wanted to say no and just call this whole thing off, but then what would I have to show for it? It's not like I had my family waiting back home for me with a warm greeting. I looked at jo and she knew I was not all that pleased with this but what choice did I have anymore? besides she needed me now.
I sighed. "Yes sweeite it really is what I want" I say patting her head. "I'm doing this because I want to be a real father to you" I smiled, she knew I was lying about wanting go through with this but she nodded and grinned to me.
Stephanie grunted at me and I look back to her "Shhss gnomeo pay attention" Stephanie nudged me as I rolled my eyes and went back to blankly listening to her. I really hopped something would happen to get me out of this mess.
Jo pov
As the preist was goinn on with the cermon I was vaugely paying any attention, my thoughs were focused on Juliet and joelle? What were they doing? when were they coming? would they stop this all in time? As I was thinking that I looked over at dad he seemed so unhappy right now his face was resting in his hands so bored out of his mind. I felt so bad for him and for me. I'd tell him right now why he shouldn't be going through with this and what mum had really done, but then I'd just be one word away from the wedding to a hospital bed, if that. I had such a knot in my stomach from keeping in all this, the guilt was really eating away at me but I couldn't say anything about it. It was going from my stomach to my head all the way down, from the inside and out.
"Oh man I can feel the guilt vibrating inside me!" I said trying to shake the feelign away, but it just wouldn't leave. The vibration of guilt and the rinign in my head was all just too much for me right now.
Wait that wasn't guilt, something really was vibrating on me. I looked down to my hand my phone was ringing and buzzing like mad.
"Uh-Oh" I said trying to shut the volume down.
Mum and dad were looking at me "Turn that off, Jo, right now!" Mum gritted to me. I nod and put the volume down, but the caller Id said it was Joelle. She and juliet must be here, I had to take this call.
"Excuse me mum and dad I have to go to the bathroom?!" I said making an excuse to leave.
"Okay dear" Dad said to me.
"Hurry back, you don't want to miss this" Mum said smiling.
"Yes I do!" I said to myself while walking away. I closed the door and answered my phone.
"Hello!" I said
"Jo" I hear my sisters voice come through.
"Joelle" I was so relived to hear her voice.
"We're on our way!"
"Where are you guys?"
"Almost there where are you?"
"In the chapel?"
"Which one there's like 5 of them around here?"
"The white one with the golden bell tower on top"
"Okay we're coming but you can't let dad and stephanie marry yet"
"Believe me dad is no happier about this than I am"
"Yeah but still you have to stall them"
"Stall them how do I do that?"
"Just think of something until we get there" Joelle said and then hung up.
I looked back into the chapel the preist was just at the part of speak now or forever hold your peace. I needed to stall them now but how, then something came to me.
"Mum, Dad wait!" I said running back up to them.
"What Jo!?" Dad asked.
"I uhm..wanted to play you this song I wrote before you get married" I said smiling.
"Oh dear the song can wait, after your father says I do" Stephanie said wanting to get on with it.
"Actually I'd like to hear it right now, why don't you sing it for us dear" Dad said taking my hand.
"Okay daddy" I said leading him to the piano organ. Dad sat next to me as I started playing the only song I knew well to play, it wasn't very long but it would stall some time.
"Heart And Soul"
Heart and soul
I fell in love with you heart and soul
The way a fool would do madly
Because you held me tight
And stole a kiss in the night
Heart and soul
I begged to be adored
I lost control and tumbled overboard gladly
That magic night we kissed
There in the moon mist
Oh but your lips were thrilling, much to thrilling
Never before were mine so faintly willing
But now I see what one embrace can do
That little kiss you stole
Held all my heart and stole
Now I see what one embrace can do
Look at me it's got me loving you madly
That little kiss you stole
Held all my heart and soul
After it was done Dad and mum and the pastor gave me a round of applause.
"That was so beautiful darling" He said kissing me.
"Thank you" I said hugging him.
"You might have a talent in music" The preist said holding my shoulders.
"You think so?" I said smiling.
"Yes, yes, yes, Joelle is very talented we get the point here, now gnomeo if you don't mind we have something to finish please" Mum said very annoyed at me. I look away and try not to look her directly in the face.
Dad rolled his eyes. "Fine let's get this over with" He said letting me go and standing back up.
"No! dad wait" I sad puling him back to sit. "I have another song to play for you, a longer one" I said.
"Really!" Dad said sitting back down instantly.
"Yeah one I know you'll love" I said smiling.
"Ok let's here it then!" He said sitting back next to me.
I started playing the first few notes keys and that's when Mum came back over and stood between us. "No more songs right now dear, not until after we're married. Let's go gnomeo!" Mum, by force, dragged dad back to the altar. I looked over at the clock 5 minuets was almost up, and they still weren't here I still needed to buy more time.
I acted fast "Okay mum but first...Whoa!" I "tripped" and fell hard on the ground causing a pause. "Ow my leg aaahhh!" I said faking it all.
"What's wrong Jo?" Dad said coming back to me.
I was hugging my leg and knee whining in fake pain "My leg It hurts, it hurts real bad" I cried in fake pain.
"Let me see" Dad held up the leg I was holding. "It's not cracked or anything?" He said.
"But it really hurts daddy!" I said being very dramatic now.
"Do you need a doctor?" He said rubbing my forhead.
"Maybe!" I said moaning.
"Oh what's the problem now!?" Mum said coming over.
"Jo hurt her leg" Dad said. Mum looked down at me rubbing my leg and then glared, she knew I was faking it all.
"Let me see that" Mum kneeled down to me and whispered in my ear.
"What do you think you're doing?" She sneared at me.
My heart skipped a beat and I sweated. "Nothing mum my leg..."
"Is just fine, now stop fooling around before I kill you" She said pinching my back when dad wasn't looking. I shuddered and nod to her she gets off the floor and helps me stand up as well.
"There sweetie do you feel better now!?"Mum said all fake and sweet like.
"Yes mum I am better" I said standing up pefrectly fine.
"Good now gnomeo let's get back to this" She said taking dad away from me. I followed them back to the altar.
"Now if there are no more distractions" Mum said glaring to me I backed back into dad again in fear, my mum had changed into someone I didn't even know anymore.
She took dad's hands again. "Father continue" She said acting all perfect again.
"Oh Oh yes now where was I" The preist said finding his place again.
I looked at dad again. He looked so miserable right now and there was nothing I could do about it. I just hopped he could make the best after this and I just hopped mum would let me live to see that long.
I watched the clock time was running out, where in the world were Juliet and Joelle, if they weren't here before Dad says 'I do' there was going to be no hope for anyone. Why wasn't Dad trying to stop this I knew he hated this as much as I did and yet he was just standing there.
Gnomeo pov
Well it was just about that time for me to say I do and begin my life of misery. How I wished something, anything would happen right now to make this all go away. Juliet was the only girl I wanted to walk down the isle with, the day we were married was the happiest moment ever an I would relive that day over again, if only the girl next to me was Juliet.
Stephanie wouldn't make me as happy as Juliet did, she was more than my wife and true love she was my best friend, and always has been since we were children. We spent every moment together he understood me and I understood her, she was the sunshine in my life, her love carried me beyond anything. Why could she not have just stayed with me.
"Juliet why'd you have to let me go?" I said trying not to cry in front of the girls, but when emotions grab you, they have to be let out.
"Dad are you okay?" Jo said seeing me about to cry
"Of course he is, he's just so happy it's reduced him to tears" Stephanie buts in again. "I know how you feel Gnomeo if I had to marry me I'd cry too"
"Oh get over yourself!" I muttered. Why was I not in the arms of my love, why couldn't Juliet just race through that door and I could run away with her from all this and never look back and go back to my life before it turned to the crap it was now.
"Dude you heard her she let you go, It's best if you do the same"
"Not now!" I say to own head.
"You say something my boy?" The priest said noticing how distracted I was.
I straightened up "No! Continue father" I smiled
"Right now where was I...Oh yes, of course..." He went on again and I just looked to the window watching life slip away, what I could be enjoying with Juliet I was going to be enjoying with the wrong women.
What me and Juliet shared all these unforgetfull years ago, all the love, the passion, the never ending affection, that was all smoke and mirrors to her now. Juliet was is and always would be my love, whether she still loved me or not. I wasn't ready to stop loving Juliet and I never would be, but...If I really had to, I was ready to let her go.
The priest came to the most dreadful part of the service "Stephanie do you take gnomeo to be your husband to have and hold, in sickness and health and in..."
"YES I DO!" She screamed before he could finish it all.
Me, Jo and the priest all looked at her, Anxious much? "Alrighty then" The preist cleared his throat. "Gnomeo do you take stephanie as your wife to have and hold in sic.."
"Oh we don't need to go through all that we both know the answer, right gnomeo?" Stephanie flashed her eyes at me.
I gulped hard and sweated a little, I really didn't want to say yes but I couldn't say no either, then all hell would break lose. My choices here were lose-lose for me, but I had to answer.
"Uh, well, I uhm..." I studdered trying to get the words out until I just stopped uttering too.
"Gnomeo?" The preist said again. "Do you take stephanie as your wife?" He repeats.
I looked at stephanie who had an anxious grin on her face, Jo didn't seem all that happy for me but she still grinned too. I gulped hard and took stephaies hand. "Yes, I do" I said with a fake grin.
Stephanie gasped. "I knew it!" And she held my arms.
"Well then I now prononce you man and wife, you may kiss the bride" The preist said.
I gulped hard and turned to stephanie she was putting on lipstick and I rolled my eyes extremly hard. "Pucker up gnomeo, and let's make this marriage final" She said taking hold of my tux collar.
I sighed and closed my eyes as I closely moved into kiss her, once this happened my whole life was going into deep depression.
"WAIT! STOP!" There came a sudden voice.
UH-OH what will happen next? Who could be disturbing such a great wedding? (Hint hint) Tune in to see what happens to our fellow characters next time.
~Jazz-star :) xoxo
